Terrifying moment poisonous snake sparks panic on packed passenger jet

SNAKES ON A PLANE! Terrifying moment poisonous snake sparks panic on packed passenger jet when it drops out of a luggage compartment ---- THIS is the astonishing moment a poisonous snake sparked panic on a flight to Mexico City after dropping down from behind a luggage compartment. Shocked passengers took footage of the five-foot-long green viper as it dropped down to the seats below. A university professor who was on the flight told how he helped capture it with a blanket – but showed he had retained his sense of humour and joked he had kept it entertained by giving it an in-flight magazine to read. The jaw-dropping incident is said to have happened on Sunday afternoon during a two-hour Aeromexico flight between Torreon in the northern state of Coahuila and the Mexican capital. The plane’s pilot was reportedly given permission to make a priority landing when he reached his destination and animal control experts alerted so they could board when it arrived and take the reptile away. Professor Indalecio Medina, whose video was today going viral, joked: “The flying snake. | The Sun via IFTTT

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